Philadelphia Flyers Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. Photo: TalkSportsPhilly.com
It’s pretty easy to dogpile on Ilya Bryzgalov right now. After being brought to the Flyers to solve their goaltending riddle, the quirky Russian has done a solid job of underwhelming Flyers fans. In the meantime, backup Sergei Bobrovsky has played amazing hockey, and has many people questioning whether management made the right decision this past offseason by commiting a ludicrous amount of years to Ilya Bryzgalov.
Peter Laviolette, the Flyers coach who doesn’t like labels or numbers when it comes to his goalies, gave Bryzgalov a bit of a vote of confidence this morning.
“I don’t use numbers, you know that. Bryz has gotten a majority of the starts. Bryz was brought here to be a horse, and he’s received a majority of the games. I don’t see that changing.” -Flyers’ coach Peter Laviolette
It may not be a ringing endorsement of Bryzgalov, but it does say something. ...
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